DiagnosticImaging | Women with abnormal mammogram results got faster follow-up care if additional imaging was the next step than if doctors prescribed a biopsy or surgical consultation, according to a new study in the journal Radiology. But most patients needing follow-up got it within three...
AuntMinnie | Chemotherapy delivered concurrently with radiation therapy (RT) is more effective than treatments delivered sequentially for extending the lives of patients with inoperable stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to a study published online September 8 in the Journal of the National...
ImagingEconomics | While new modalities are rare, there has been an increase in combinations of tried and true technologies that promise to give radiologists and the health care enterprise a diagnostic and competitive edge. One of these hybrid offerings, PET/CT, was the subject of KLAS’...
AuntMinnie | Mammography and breast self-exams remain important tools for detecting breast cancer, even among women ages 40 to 49 -- for whom routine mammography has been questioned by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), according to a study to be presented this week...
AuntMinnie | Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values generated by MRI scans may be a promising tool to monitor early response and predict prognosis after chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to a study published online August 18 in Radiology. Researchers from Japan concluded that...